Registering- faucet



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REGISTERING FAUGET. No. 320,480. PatentedJune 23, 1885.

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UNITED STATES ATENT- rinse.

LOUIS O. LANE, OF OINOINNATT, OHIO.

REGlST-ERlNG-FAUCET.

EJPEECIPIC ATIOIQ forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,450, dated June 23, 1835.

Application filed November 5, 1884. (X0 model.)

To ail whom it inwy concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS 0. LANE, offlincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucets; and I do hereby dcclare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a faucet of such construction that when a tubular downward projection thereon shall be pressed upward by the glass or other vessel to be supplied with liquid-say, beer, cider, wine, or other liquid-this pressure shall operate a valve to let out the liquid into such glass or vessel, and by the same pressure automatically register every time such out-let or discharge of liquid is made.

It consists in the construction of devices, which will clearly appear from the following.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of an apparatus embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a vertical section showing the interior of the faucet; Fig. 3, a front elevation; Fig. 4, the dial-plate detached; Fig. 5, a fragmentary view, showing the body or tube in one piece, or not detachable; Fig. 6, a fragmentary View, with the tube in two pieces screwed together, and Fig. 7 a detail enlarged.

The main body A of the faucet having an inlet, 1), by which it may by means ofascrewthread, 0, or otherwise, be attached to a pipe or to a cask from which the liquid is to be drawn, has connected to it, either permanently or removably,a downwardly-proj ecting tubular extension, d. When this extension is removable from the body A, and'which for many purposes is the preferable way, its top is externally threaded, and then it is screwed into the neck 6 of the part A, which is internally threaded for this purpose, and this serves to connect these two parts together, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6. In the detail shown in Fig. 5, these parts are permanently attached or may be made all in one.

E is a sleeve snugly surrounding the extension (1, and adapted to slide thereon. It is open at its bottom to serve as a discharging-month for the liquid to be drawn off from the faucet, and it is provided at its bottom with a plate or extension, f, against which the glass or other vessel to be filled may be pressed upward, in order to lift or open the valve 7, as hereinafter stated. This valve g,l make of rubber, leather, metal, or other appropriate material, and attach it to a rod or valve-stem, h, the lower end of which is secured to a cross-piece, z', secured at or near the bottom of the sliding sleeve E, the valve being secured at such a place on this rod that when the sleeve is at its normal or lowest position the valve will be upon its seat 7c.-

A spiral spring, Z, surrounds the upper part of the rod h, and this spring at its upper end may bear directly against the inner end of a screw plug or knob, m, in the main body A, and at its lower end upon ashoulder or equivalent enlargement, n, on the red. A cap, cup, disk, orone or more washers, 0, may beemployed between the upper end of spring Z and the knob m, and this will afford means for adj usting the pressure of this spring, and into a central bore or cavity, 9, in the inner end of the piece m, the upper end of the rod h is free to move and play lengthwise with the movement of the sleeve E, this cavity also serving as a bearing or guide for the rod. It will now be seen that when this sleeve is pushed upward it necessarily carries with it the valve-rod and its valve, raising the latter from its seat and permitting the liquid to flow out of the faucet and into the tumbler, goblet, or vessel used to open the faucet.

The devices for automatically registering the number of such operations are as follows: Connected to one side of the sliding sleeve E is a small rod or bar, g, which connects with and operates a lever, r, pivoted in a frame, 8, attached to the body A. This lever r is pivoted at its end to a pawl, t, and which, by means of a small spiral or other spring, a, is held in engagement with a ratchet-wheel, o, journaled in the frames. The upward movement of the sleeve by the pressure against it moves lever r and pawl t, and causes wheel 12 to be moved the distance of a tooth at each such operation. Another ratchet-wheel, w,

having a hollow shaft, 00, is placed side by side with wheel o, the axis of this wheel o extending through this hollow shaft, and each of these shafts at its outer extremity carries a hand or pointer like as in a clock or watch, and a dial, 7, on a plate, 2, properly marked with numerals, preferably from 1 to 25, on the size, on the part A, serves to receive any blow given in driving the faucet into a barrel or cask.

The operation is briefly is follows: The glass 5 larger circle, and 25, 50, 75, 100, &c., on the or vessel, being pressed up against the platef smaller circle, indicate the movements of the 011 tube or sleeve E, raises it, and thereby two wheels respectively, and consequently moves the lever 9', bringing down the pawl 26 5 the number of glasses or vessels which have preparatory to registering. The same upward been supplied through the faucet. movement of the sleeve E raises the valve 9 10 The movement of the wheel to and of its from its seat and permits the liquor to flow pointer is effected as follows: On the inner face of wheel 12 is a fine spring, 22, secured at its inner end to such face, and free at its outer end, and this outer end is bent so as to extend over, but not quite to touch the teeth of the other ratchet-wheel; and as in the revolution of the wheel 1) it is not requisite that wheel w should be moved at all, except at the period when wheel 1) has just completed the revolution, then only is wheel to caused to be rotated, and then only for a single tooth. I make use of the click or wheel detent l as a means for pressing inward against the tooth of this wheel the bent end 2 of the spring n", so that it shall be forced to engage with one of the teeth of this wheel and move it. After this bent end shall have passed the end of click it resumes its position, so as to clear all the teeth until again similarly pressed inward by the click, when the action is repeated, and wheel w is turned the distance of another tooth, and its hand or pointer will mark 50, indicating two revolutions of the other wheel, '0, or fifty operations of the faucet.

A fixed stop or pin, 3, serves to limit and to prevent undue movement of the pawl actuating-lever 1.

A knob or swell, 4, of any suitable form or through the faucet. The removal of the glass or vessel allows the spiral spring Zto force back the valve to its seat and stop any further flow, and also to force down the sleeve to its normal position, and this movement causes the pawl r to turn the wheel the distance of a tooth. Each time the valve is thus opened the register is moved one tooth.

The faucet may be made of brass or of any other metal or suitable material.

I claim 1. In combination with a faucet and with its valve-stem, a sliding outlet, tube, or sleeve, connected to such stem, and a registering device connected with and operated by such tube, the movements of the tube serving to effectthe opening and closing of the valve, and also to actuate the registering mechanism.

2. In combination with the body, the reciprocating valve-stem h, and its valve, and spiral spring Z, the sliding sleeve E, its plate f, rod q, lever 1', pawl 25, spring a, wheel 12, spring '0", and wheel 10, and a dial, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

LOUIS 0. LANE.

WVitnesses:

E. J. .TonNsoN, F. R. McCoRmoK.

' It is hereby certified that the name of the patentee of Letters Patent No. 320,480,

granted J une 23, 1885, for an improvement in RegisteringFaucets, should be read Louis 0. Lane instead of Louis 0. Lane; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein to make it conform to the corrected files and records of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 11th day of August, A. D. 1885.

[SEAL] H. L. MULDROW,

Acting Secretary of the Interior.

Oountersigned M. V. MONTGOMERY,

Commissioner of Patents. 

